Francis W. Robinson collection, 1689-1988.

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Francis W. Robinson collection, 1689-1988.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301708838

This collection consists mainly of Mr. Robinson's genealogical interests, with research materials and notes on hundreds of family names. The collection focuses primary on the Robinson, Waring, Copeland and Van Hoevering families.

108 boxes40 volumes2 large manuscript

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7283951

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Copland family.

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Van Hoevering family.

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Detroit institute of arts

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Art museum; Detroit, Michigan. Incorporated 1885 as Detroit Museum of Art and name changed to Detroit Institute of Arts in 1919. From the description of Detroit Institute of Arts records, 1882-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404328 Art museum; Detroit, Mich. From the description of The Rouge : the image of industry in the art of Charles Sheeler and Diego Rivera : panel discussion, 1978 Sept. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502662 ...

Robinson, Francis W. (Francis Waring)

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Francis W. Robinson was Curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and an avid historian and genealogist. Francis Waring Robinson, the son of Dr. James Johnson and Anna Waring Robinson, was born on January 13, 1907 in Lakeville, Conn. He received his bachelor's and master's of fine arts degrees from Princeton University in 1929 and 1933, with post-graduate work done at Harvard University. Mr. Robinson became a curator of the DIA in 1939, first in European art, then in anc...

Robinson family.

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Waring family.

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